The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-13
FLORIDA,


Titusville will soon enjoy the benefits of a
steam laundry.
The summer boom of the Suwanee river
has commenced.
A new postoffice has been established ar
Boca Grande, Monroe county.
A snake swallowing a large toad was one
of the sights of Iitusville, the other day
Titusvi!le real estate agents have been
doing large business in town lots recently.
The immense boilers of the Ponce de Leon
Hotel at st. Augustine are being placed in
position.
Abe Rausdell had the misfortune to near
ly saw or one OF his fingers at Bonds mill at
Highland Friday.
brass band has recently been organized
at ST. Augustine under the leadership OF
Prof. Duckenmiller.
A number ofprominent citizens of Tampa
have formed a company for the purpose of
building railroad between that point and
Clear Water
A Sumter county farmer will house this
year about 1000 bushels of corn, forty to
fifty barrels of SUI gar and syrup, and 5000
pounds of pork.
The Orlando street. railway having proved
success, the managers are preparing TO ex-
| tend its lines The next extension will
| probably be southwark.
The bond for the arms for DeLand's COM
pauy has been signed and returned to ITALIA
haSSee. The guns are expected in a few
days, then the boys wall be happy.
At Gainesville Monday the. firm of Nor
ris 81 Hazlett, wholesale and retail drug
gists assigned to Rev. +. R. Durham. Tie
assets nor liabilities are not known at pres
| ent.
The stock Of paints, oils, etc, from T. H.
Towards store, at st. Augustine, was sold
at Sheritf's sale in front of the court house
tuesday noon. Fair prices were real
! lied
AT Greensboro Monday an alteration be-
tween two negroes over gambling resulted
In one of the belligerents being shot in the
temple. Both parties were worknen on the
Orange Belt railroad
j. c. Foster, living little over a mile
from Sanford, exhibits specimens of peaches
raised by him, the largest of which meas
urod . inches in circumference. They
grew on Seeding trees, the product of pits
| brought from Tennessee.
The telephone in the freight Office of the
Jacksonville and st. Augustine railroad, i'm
South Jacksonville, was burned Sunday last
by lightning striking the wire near the tele-
phone and passing over it. The shock was
plainly felt in the central office
MeSsrs. Haynes, Young and Bailey are so
well pleased with their Niagara grape ven
ture near Orlando that they have five acres
more cleared TO be planted next winter A
number of our fruit growers are also ar
ranging with these gentlemen TO get plants.
The steamer Shipman Capt B. F. Hall.
landed at Fort Meade Monday at 10 o'clock
a. m, demonstrating that Peace river is
navigable 10 Fort Meade, and that the S.
600 appropriated will make the river thor.
oughly practicable for navigation If rightly
expended.
The number of deaths in st. Augustine
during the months Of May and June, 1885.
were s., For the same months this year
the deaths were 80, d decrease of nearly one
half, Notwithstanding the city has Increased
at least p per cent. in population during
the past year.
w. y O. Redmond, a young man making
his home with Mr.. Sumner, near Stage
Pond, accidentally run the small blade Of
his knife in his foot last Sunday and infiam-
nation has set in 70 such an extent as to
produce lockjaw, and there is little hope of
his recovery.
Brooksville Register. We were shown
the expense account Of a certain gentleman
the other day which showed that a person
can live cheaper in Florida than anywhere